Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD552, Wednesday 29 November 1944
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Date:Wednesday 29 November 1944
Time:16:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:182 Sqn RAF
Registration: PD552
MSN: XM-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 km north of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed while engaged in an armed recce operation to Germany.

The RCAF pilot, F/Lt. W.M. Weeks, rests at Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 234.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4755&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Aug-2013 11:51 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
31-Mar-2015 11:13 Lotos Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
22-Oct-2019 14:57 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Oct-2019 14:57 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative, ]

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